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I am using "newest" flash for ubuntu that is 11.2.202.291, but I'm experiencing problems running some flash games/players checking up for newest flash that is currently 11.7.700.224 for windoes. It just says I need to update my flash. Is there any way to skip/lie that I have newest flash installed to run it ?

Im using ubuntu 13.04; 3.8.0-25-generic (64-bit) if that may help in answer somehow.

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You could try Google Chrome as browser. This has Flash 11.7 built-in.

Yes, 11.7 for Linux, while 11.2 is the "official" latest release for Linux. How? Because Chrome uses the Pepper API for which Adobe is still developing.

As Google mentions on their support page:

Linux users: Adobe Flash Player uses a cross-platform API, Pepper API (PPAPI), to run its plug-in in Chrome. You might notice some of the known issues below specific to Linux Chrome:

  • Mouse locking may not work.
  • Viewing Adobe Access (DRM) content is not supported, since Adobe does not support it on Linux.
  • Stage3D content will always be rendered through software.
  • Adobe Connect in presenter mode will not work with this version of the Flash Player.
  • Installing Adobe AIR Desktop applications from the web will not work. This includes applications such as Pandora’s Desktop music player, Tweetdeck, Flickr Desktop Search, Twhirl and Amazon’s Music Downloader.
  • Installation of the Octoshape Grid Delivery Enhancement will fail.

This has been announced in 2010 on the Chromium Blog. Note that Chromium does not have a bundled version of Flash included (and therefore requires the installation of the 11.2 version).

Example: on google-chrome-stable version 28.0.1500.52-r207119, runs version 11.7.700.203 of Flash as you can see below.

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I don't know why, but helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.ht‌​ml shows in chrome (chromium web browser) same version (11.2.202.291) as in firefox. – Klemik Jun 21 '13 at 7:31
    
@Klemik that's because flash only comes built in to chrome, not chromium. therefore, chromium picks up the same (obsolete) npapi version that firefox picks up. there's a way to make chrome's version work with chromium, but i don't know how. – strugee Jun 21 '13 at 7:38
    
@Klemik Chromium is not the same as Google Chrome. It's not different in many ways, but certainly for the Flash part, as I wrote in my answer. – gertvdijk Jun 21 '13 at 8:22
    
@gertvdijk thx I didn't know there is chrome linux version (other than chromium). It works like a charm now. Thanks again. – Klemik Jun 21 '13 at 16:19

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